Hollow uniform-type button



Feb. 3, 1942, H. A. SMITT HOLLOW UNIFORM-TYPE BUTTON Filed Feb. 3, .1941

Henry A. Sm iii Patented'Feb. 3, 1942 UNITED STATE HOLLOW UN FORM-m1; BUTTON Henry A. smeg a-as, o. z.

3, 1941', Serial No. 377,2 4

3Claims. (01. 245-104) Application February My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in buttons of the detachable kind, and particularly to the type used on uniforms.

It particularly has for its object, to provide a button which can be used on garments having no holes, such as are provided for the, button shanks of one-piece detachable buttons,,and to having two pin-receiving holes in its back, and a fastener composed of a head and two pin shanks which, when stuck through a garment,

can be projected through the holes in the back of the button and anchored to the button.

Other objects will in part be obvious andin part be pointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends the invention still "further resides in the novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all ofwhich will be first fully described inthe following detailed description and then be particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the ac-' companying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation and part vertical sece 7 tion showing my invention in use, the garment through which the dual shank projects being shown in dot and dash lines.

Fig. 2 is an elevation (partsbeing broken away) I viewed 90 from Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a'rear elevation of my invention. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the attaching head with the dual shankin the position it assumes when anchored (Figs. -1 and 2). Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 4, with the shanks in the release position.

In the drawing, in which like numerals of'ref erence indicate like parts in all the figures, I is the hollow button whose back adjacent the center is pierced with two holes I to receive the, shanks 3 and. of the fastening unit.

The shank 5, after passing through that end the invention provides a hollow button 7 tion in the head, being held against such movement by the loopl. I

The shank'3 maybemade of stiff, rigid mate rial, butthe shank 5 should be made of a stiff material having, however, a certain amount of spring so as to enabletheloope'nd a to ride into and out of the groove 9 upon rotating the shank 5.'

In order to apply the button to a garment, the points 4 andG of the pin-shanks 3 and 5, respectively, ,are positioned' as in .Fig."5. The points are then passed through the garment and the button I 'is slipped onto the points 4 and 6 and; beyond theben'ds onto the shanks proper I 3 and 5. The loop I is then turnedfrom the position .of Fig. -5 to that of Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, to cause the points 4' and ii to extend in opposite directions and thus-j anchor the button to the shank.

' From the'foregoing description, taken in connectionwith-the accompanying drawing, it is thought that the construction, use and advantages 'of the-invention willbe clear to those skilled in the art. I

What I claim is I r 1'. A hollow button having a back provided with two pin-receiving holes, a head, two shanks mounted in the head and projecting from one 2 face of 'the same, each shank having its projected end bent over at approximately right angles, said bent-over ends being pointed for piercing a garment and entering the pin-receiving holes of the button, one of said shanks being. rigidly mounted on the head and the other shank being rotatable in the head onits own axis, said rotatable shank and said head having cooperative latching elements for holdingsaid rotatable shank in either of two positions.

2. A hollow button having a back provided with two pin-receiving holes, a head, two shanks mounted inthehead and projecting from one face of the'same, each shank having its projected end bent over at approximately rightangles, said bent-over ends being'constructed to pierce a garment and enter .the pin-receiving holes of the button, and means by which said bent-over ends may be locatedto point. in the samedirectionor in opposite directions atwill, said means comprising the mounting; of one shank in the head of the head 2 which lies adjacent the garment I I2. The shank 5 is rotatable in the head 2, but is not movable substantially in a longitudinal direcrigidly and the mounting of theother shank in the head rotatably, 'said rotatable shank and said head. having cooperating latchingelements to hold the shank in position to secure or release the button as desired.

3. A hollow button having a back provided with two pin-receiving holes, a head, two shanks mounted in the head and projecting from one face of the same, each shank having its projected end bent over at approximately right angles, said bent-over ends being constructed to pierce a garment and enter the pin-receiving holes of the button, and means by which said bent-over ends may be located to point in the same direction or in opposite directions at will, said means comprising the mounting of. one shank in the. head 10 rigidly and the mounting of the other shank in the head rotatably, and providing the rotatable shank and head with latching elements to hold the shank in position to secure or release the button as desired, said latching elements comprising a groove in the head and a head-embracing resilient loop on the rotatable shank for cooperation with said groove.

A. SMITT. 

